US House panel approves Armenia ‘genocide’ resolution
US lawmakers voted Thursday to brand the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as “genocide,” ignoring fierce opposition from Turkey and President Barack Obama’s administration.
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State’s budgets still in limbo
The 2010 session of the Alabama Legislature has reached the halfway point and lawmakers have yet to start work on the only task the state constitution requires them to complete — preparing budgets for the operation of state government and schools.
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Stupak Says Anti-Abortion Bloc Ready to Risk Health Bill Defeat
March 4 (Bloomberg) — The leader of a group of House Democrats pressing for tougher language banning the use of federal funds for abortion says he’s willing to risk the defeat of the health-care bill if the lawmakers don’t get their way.
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Obama honors pledge for open talks, but what next?
President Barack Obama’s televised health care meeting with lawmakers Thursday fulfilled a promise he broke before he kept. Now Obama has made good on the pledge — at least for one day.
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Regulators: Bank rules don’t impede lending
U.S. regulators fended off complaints Friday from lawmakers and small business owners that overly strict rules for banks have prevented crucial credit from flowing to where it is needed most.
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Obama invites host of lawmakers from both parties to health care summit Thursday
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will hold a televised bipartisan summit Thursday on health care as he tries to keep his overhaul effort alive. The White House has invited 22 high-ranking lawmakers to the meeting at Blair House, across the street from the [...]
Obama order establishes deficit panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signed an order today unilaterally creating a bipartisan commission to rein in unruly deficits after Congress rejected a similar body with considerably more enforcement power. In making the announcement, Obama said that unless lawmakers put aside partisan differences, the continuing red-ink trend could “hobble our [...]
Toyota head to face US Congress over safety crisis
The head of embattled Toyota has bowed to calls to testify in US Congress as lawmakers demand a whistleblower lawyer hand over potentially damning internal company documents on alleged safety defects.
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Obama to launch deficit panel
Determined to have a deficit commission with or without Congress’ backing, President Barack Obama plans to announce on Thursday that he is establishing a panel similar to — although weaker than — the one lawmakers rejected. Former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles and former Republican Senate Whip Alan Simpson [...]
Admin. official: Obama to appoint deficit panel
Determined to have a deficit commission with or without Congress’ backing, President Barack Obama plans to announce on Thursday that he is establishing a panel similar to — although weaker than– the one lawmakers rejected.
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